I find it silly that anyone can justify people complaining about a salary per year that goes from 8 million to 4 million. No one should be able to work for a year and be set for life, especially VOICE ACTORS.

Well the actors will point at the viewing figures and merchandise sales, the show makes Fox enough money and besides it shouldn't matter if there on 8 million a year or $300 a week I doubt you or anybody else would take a 45% pay cut, its easy to judge them from this side of the fence but if was you in their position being asked to give up $4 million a year isnt something you do lightly.

Hard to believe people would quit a 4-million dollar gig, yet they can probably retire now so they may care more about the stand than money.

Most of us wouldn't quit if our employer told us they are giving us 10% cut, and to us that cut would be of bigger impact. But most of us don't have millions in the bank.

Last thing I want is for the characters to start sounding different I'd rather they cancel the show if they can't keep it going. There are 3 other cartoons on fox anyway (all controlled by same guy though), so we do have enough, i guess.

About damn time. This show should be cherished as the show we all used to watch in our childhoods learning how to misbehave. That plus the show has been milking out unfunny shit for years now. It really was getting old.

About damn time. This show should be cherished as the show we all used to watch in our childhoods learning how to misbehave. That plus the show has been milking out unfunny shit for years now. It really was getting old.

Honestly this happened about 7-10 years back as well. Fox needed to cut its budget and tried with the Simpsons. At the time, it was so hugely successful that they had Fox by the balls and managed to get *not only* a pay raise but exclusive contracts that meant they did not perform outside of the studio.

Aside from making them all look like monumental douchebags when children would ask them to do the voices and they said no, this also means that they have a stigmata in the industry due to their limited experience outside of those roles.

As for being rich, no doubt they are. If they were intelligent with their money at all they are. Still, as someone said earlier taking a 45% cut is pretty hard to swallow for anyone. It really comes down to whether or not they want to remain employed.

Personally, The Simpsons should have ended long ago. Again that is just a personal opinion but there is really nothing they haven't done and nowhere they haven't gone. They have writers stuck to that show that could have greatly helped with Futurama back when it was on Fox as well as Family Guy.

Hmm could another network not just buy the rights or w/e it must still be worth the money. I don't find it funny anymore but i garentee its still a good money maker and im sure some who they will sort it out to keep it going.

I'm gonna guess that I'm just repeating a really popular refrain, but:

Thank god. The show was like a crippled bird trying to fly. For 10 years. A compassionate person would have put it out of its misery a decade ago.

It was all downhill after the creative force went to Futurama, which is STILL better than The Simpsons by several orders of magnitude.

Hopefully they can kill off the Seth MacFarlane turd parade next. It was briefly funny before it was canceled, briefly funny after, and then no amount of narcotics could possibly make it hilarious. All downhill.

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Originally Posted by Anjerith

Personally, The Simpsons should have ended long ago. Again that is just a personal opinion but there is really nothing they haven't done and nowhere they haven't gone. They have writers stuck to that show that could have greatly helped with Futurama back when it was on Fox as well as Family Guy.

They do? Really? Because the quality of Futurama in the first 4 seasons was light years beyond what the Simpsons was doing at the same time, and it's slid ever since, while Futurama is still a quality program.

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so why is everyone digging on the actors because there voice actors? most of them play 5+ characters. your cool with johnny depp making 300 mil a movie that takes 2 months to make but not an cast making 8m each for an entire season which is less? have you ever tried voice acting.....let me hear you do 5-10 different voices...comeon...don't be shy....if you can you can go and make 4 mil per season...and why is everyone skipping the point that they said they would take a 1/3 pay cut....its not like there asking for the full 8 mil...and to say, that they cant find jobs...what about hank azaria? hmmm.......